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“I follow you,” Peaches said

“You should put your guns down,” Aot just a shitload more of them than you do So really”

“You heard the round, please”

The security lanced at each other

“We could have just shot you,” Auns to the paveuys? They go fro tribe hat’s-his-na protectors of their own little tribe, and those folks on the outside of it It’s all about who’s in and who’s out”

Hat lifted his hands, palh Amos hit him in the jaw It was a solid punch, and his knuckles ached fro his body into the kick It landed on Hat’s left kneecap and the man screamed

“Thing is,” Aot rooht-kicked Hat in the middle of the back as he tried to stand up – “ot to start telling stories about it”

Hat was crawling back toward the car Amos put his knee on theHat’

s pockets and belt Chemical mace A Taser A wallet with ID cards A tay radio He found the unregistered drop gun strapped to the guy’s ankle Each thing he took, he threw out to the edge of the water, listening for the splash Hat eeping, and Ahtperfectly still, like if he didn’t move Ay at this point

Arinned at him “Hey”

The guy didn’t say anything

“It’s okay,” Aonna skullfuck ht?”

“Right,” the other one said

“Okay, then” Aet hiot on this shithole of an island, tell them what I did, and how I didn’t fuck you up because you hadn’t fucked with me Okay?”

“All right”